Live Segments - iPhone

Live Segments brings the experience of competing on a segment to your mobile phone. Both free and Premium athletes can use Live Segments, however, Premium athletes will see additional screens with comparison metrics.

How does it work?

Premium Athletes

Approaching a segment:When approaching a starred or popular segment, you will be transitioned from your recording screen to a Live Segment notification. You will hear an audible cue (if enabled) and see the segment name and your position relative to that segment.

Starting a segment: When you pass into a segment, you'll be shown a bird's eye view where you can follow your avatar as well as the avatars for your PR (if one exists for this segment) and KOM/QOM/CR progress.

red = avatar is ahead of you, you will be shown your time behind

green = avatar is behind you, you will be shown your time ahead

gray = avatar will turn gray if they are offscreen

50% mark = will display when you are halfway through the segment

Completing the segment: When you complete the segment, you will be shown your final performance results and will be transitioned back into the normal recording experience.

Free Athletes

Approaching a segment: You will hear an audible cue (a chime) if enabled, and see a notification when approaching a starred or popular segment.

Starting a segment: You will see your current progress along a map, but will not see comparison metrics (PR or KOM/QOM/CR)

Completing a segment: When you complete the segment, you will be shown your final performance results and will be transitioned back into the normal recording experience.

Live Segment settings

Enabling/disabling Live Segments

From the record screen > tap the settings icon > then tap "Live" > turn on or off "Live Segments"

You have three options for announcements: off, audio announcements, and chimes. To access audio settings for Live Segments, go to record settings > audio cues > Live Segment Performance

You can dismiss the current live segment, allowing a subsequent (overlapping or nearby) segment to enter into Live Mode by tapping the map icon, or the back button on Android. Dismissing a segment will prevent the app from entering Live Mode for that segment for the rest of the activity.

FAQs

What are starred vs popular segments?

Starred segments are unique to each athlete. These are segments that you choose to follow by tapping the star icon next to the segment name. Here's how.

Popular segments for your activity are determined by a popularity score (based on a variety of factors like stars and views) and proximity to your activity location. Popular segments may change from activity to activity depending on the location in which you're active.

Keep in mind that you can star a segment shortly before an activity in order to use that segment on that same activity. Unstarring a segment will, however, take up to 24 hours to get removed.

Which Segments are used for Live Segment mode in the app?

Two types of segments will be used during your Live Segments experience: Popular and Starred. Popular segments will be determined by your location and Starred segments are selected/curated by you.

To star a segment, tap the star icon next to a segment's name. As long as you do this before your ride, the starred segment will be used during that activity.

The app does not prioritize starred segments over popular segments in the live experience. Whichever starred or popular segment is the closest to you is the one that will enter Live Mode.

By tapping the map icon, or the back button on Android, you can dismiss the current live segment, allowing a subsequent (overlapping or nearby) segment to enter into Live Mode. Dismissing a segment will prevent the app from entering Live Mode for that segment for the rest of the activity.

How do I leave the Live Segment screen?

If you do not want to see the Live Segment comparison screen, tap the arrow next to the distance remaining bar. Hiding the comparison will not cancel the segment.

How do I dismiss or exit a live segment?

When approaching a segment, or after entering into live segment mode, you can dismiss the segment and go back to the map or recording screen. Dismissing a segment will ignore that segment for the rest of the recording.

To dismiss, tap the map icon to return to the map view. Note that if you have audio announcements enabled, audio announcements may continue for that segment even if it has been dismissed.

Why did I get an announcement for a segment that ran in the opposite direction?

Unfortunately, announcements for segments in the wrong direction are due to an outstanding bug. It's something we'd like to improve upon but is rather difficult to avoid.

Why is my segment time different after I upload?

The mobile app uses a different algorithm for determining when an athlete starts and finishes a segment than Strava uses for its leaderboard matches, which can affect the elapsed time reported for the segment. To ensure consistency between users, the times shown during an activity are preliminary, and the times shown on Strava after uploading are final.